Week 1

Week 1: Course Overview and Historical Background

• What is Tourism, and who is a tourist?

• Beginnings of tourism in the United States.

• Emergence of New England as a tourist destination

Required Readings

• Bachelder, Vacationland  pp. 7-23

• Joseph A Conforti, " Regional Identity and New England Landscapes"  LINK to PDF

Supplementary Reading:

• Brown, Inventing New England, Introduction and Chapters 1-4

Recommended PDF Readings:  (See PDFs Below)

• William Dean Howes, “From New York into New England” (1902), https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3389/3389-h/3389-h.htm#link2H_4_0013

• Hale Reading:" The Romance of Traveling" in Traits of Americanb Life. (1835); Pages 187-208 

• Hawthorne Reading: "The Ambitious Guest" (1835)

• Smith Reading: The Illustrated Handbook, a New Guide for Travelers through the United States, (1847)   Pages 13-39